Consider This: Cash Transfers - From BR1M to Bantuan Sara Hidup
The third payment of Bantuan Sara Hidup has been disbursed, with some 3.6 million Malaysians to be the recipients of RM1.23 billion under this phase of disbursement. Melisa Idris takes a closer look at the effectiveness of the cash transfer programme with Calvin Cheng, Researcher on Economics, Trade and Regional Integration at ISIS Malaysia, and Dr Kenneth Simler, Senior Economist at the World Bank Global Knowledge and Research Hub.